The Sun. — London, England, 1809-09-28 00:00:00

4 4 OLD BAILEY. WEDNeSDAY, SEPT. 27. Retecca Merritt was indided . for barbarously and cruelly murdering.h . er 'bastard male_ infant, on the t tth of Septemb,er last, in the : parish,ot..St. Mary- Bow; there Was' a second count, charging her wish concealing the birth of it. John Ross, headborougb, deposed, that on the day mentioned its the indictment, he weut..t? the Prisoner's lodgings ; in a closet, some linen, Covered with blood, attracted his notice; on looking cluster at it, he perceived the legs of an infant.. Mr. John Wallace, surgeon, deposed, he had at. tended the Prisoner for fourimonths ,before icr de livery ; hhe represented he6elf as having a dropsy : lie suspected she was• preghont ; on the foal of September he taxed her with lt.; she denied it, and gave him a reason, if true, that made it impossible it shoot I be so; at ten o'clOck - on the next night he eaniined the body of the infant; tie had every on t) believe it was born alive he perceived. no, mat tts of violence on it ; in' his opinion it had'bled: to , dealt) from want of 'proper. management ; the Prisoner's dropsy appeared to be removed; and he had not a doubt of her accouchemeht:- , . . . •,. There were three women examined as to the ap pearance of the Prisoner before thel tth of Sep• teidOer ; they agreed that she appeared to b e in pregnant state, although she bad told thetil it was the" dropsy. It was one of the witnesses that firit covered she was delivered, from the alteration. of her shape, and communicated her suspicions to the head , borough. The Prisoner made no defence; she, did riot speak during the-trial, and appeared in a very weak state. She was allowed a ftha.r. The Jut .. acquitted herof the murder, but found tier Guilty of concealing the. birth. 7nwni.2s Bell, a young man of most respeelable ap pearance, was indicted tor stealing, in the dwelling. house 44 Messrs. Hughes and Bristow, feather and bead merchants, in Golden-square, 308 dozen of co. loured beads, and 50 ostrich feat hers, all considerably exceeding the value of 401. their property. Jr appeared in evidence, that the prisoner had formerly lived in the house of Mr. Hughes, for se veral years, the in capacity of, assistant, before that Gentleman entered into partnership with the 'other, Prosecutor. Abiiut tour years - since, lie left the service of Mr. Hughes, upon very good terms, and from CIA tithe until the present frequently expev rienced acts of friendship -from his fate emlloyer. When Mr. Hughes commenced his partnership with Mr. Bristow, which he did on the 24th of June last, an account of the stock on hand was taken, for the sattsfatticm of both parties. — Shortly afterwards a quantity of the property being niissed, it was thought prudent again to take stock ; when, to the surprise of the Prosecutors the articles mentioned in the indictment weregone. Upon making inquiries amongst the young men in the warehouse, it was ascertained, though not remarked at the time as an extraordinary circumstance; that one Monday mornii.g the errand boy had discovered the street door unbolted, and the lock only half shut. Being confirmed in the suspicion that they bad sustained a robbery, Messrs. Hughes and Bristow advertised the circumstance, offering a reward for the apprehension of the offender. The consequence of this proceed, ing was, that information Was received that the Pri soner at the bar had sold several feathers to Mr. Bar low, of Great Jermyn-street, and pawned 60 dozen of beads in his own - name and real address, with a person named Ackland, answering the descriptina the ad% ernsenient. The Prisoner - was accordingly . apprehended by Hamilton, of - Marlborough-street Police, and upon• him was fonnd a single row of brads, which. Mr. Hughes afterwardsieCcignized as part of his properly. Whilst in custody the Pri soner made a confession tending to inculpate him self, which, however, the Learlied‘JUcfg; would not to he received in evidence, as it:was obtained under promises of mercy.• - The foregoing circumstances , of the .case were fully proved in support of the indictment ; but the Prosecutors failed in identif) lug the property to the . extent the forms of law required. The Prisoner having produced a most excellent chariaer up to the bane of the commission of this offence, the Jury returned their verdict—Not Guilty. - Ants Newman was indicted for assaulting John Thompson, a Swedish seaman, putting him.'in fear of his fife, and taking .from his person three Batik . Notes. The prosecutor, who speaks the English.language fluently, deposed, that he arrived at Greenhithe, in the river, about three weeks ago, whirti he and one of his inessthates met - the pr;soner's,htisband, who proposed to them to go and lodge at his house, where they had formerly lodged when last in England.— They consented, and agreed to assign the wages which was due to them for their board, and the ne cessaries wherewith the prisoner and her husband were to furnish them, and a debt which they formerly owed. On Saturday week, however, when the assault took place, they went to the India-House, and drew' a part of their wages, which they kept to themselves. When they went home the prisoner asked them whether they meant ►o pay her; which they answered in the affirmative; bat declined doing at that time. The Prisocer, who is nearly 60 years of age, hovi became much enraged, locked the room door upon them, and threatened to send them both on board a man of war or to New gate ; and ending that that ; did not 'affea them much, she took a stick and beat them both. At last she put her hand into their pockets, and took three 11. notes from the Prosecutor, and two ii. notes, a half pinea, and a sixpence, from Corhelius ;he other seaman, and compelled them both to sign sills of sale for the,remainder of their wages. They then continuer h "the house with the prisoner and her daughter-about three hours longer, when they went out together. Hownes, notwithstanding that treatment, continued to board and lodge in the house, And the prosecutor went back next day, and received a suit of seaman's clothes, which he had ordered,. and which was of more value , than the money she took from him. About three days afterwards, some persons, to whom he had told his story, advised him to prosecute the prisoner at the Old Bailey, for rob iring him, and t he would then have the clothes and the money ogether. . At the commencement of the action which took place between .the Nymph and_ Cleopatra,. during the late war, there was a 13 , gt Ne w t °Lindland dog on board the, former vessel, ,which, the mo ment the firing began, ran troin below deck, . irs spite of the men to. keep. him down, and climb log up iuto the main chains, he there kept up a Coiginual ba t ing, aed seratihited• the roost violent rage during the u.lole of the engagement. :When the Cleopatra struck, he was among the foremost to board her, and there walked up and down - the decks adellll-41y conscious of the victory he had gained. A gamekeeper of the -Rev: Mr..' Cersellis had reared a spaniel, which was his constant attendant both night and day ; whenever old Daniel appear ed, Ddill was close ballad him, 'and the dog %% as of infinite use in his nocturnal excursions. The game, at that season, he never regarded, although in the day time no spaniel would find it in a better style, or is greater quantity ; but if at night a strange foot bad entered any of the covers, Dash, by a significant whine, informed his master that the enemy were abroad ; and many poachers have been detected and caught from. thia singular intelligence. Atter many years- friendly connection, old Daniel was seized with a disease which terminated in' a consurapticin and his clath : whilst the slow, but fatal progress of his disorder allowed him to crawl about, Dash, as usual, followed his footsteps, and when nature was still further exhausted and he took to his bed, at the foot utivicaeily attended the faithful animal ; and when he,clied the dog would not. quit the body, but lay upon the bed by its side. It was with difficulty he attempted to eat any food ;. and; although after the burial, - he was taken to the hall and caressed with all the tenderness which so fOnd an attachment naturally called forth, he took every opportunity to steal back_ to the room in the cottage where his old master breathed his last : here"' be 'would remain for • hours, and from thence 'he visited his grave; but, at the end Of fourteen days,' notwithstanding every kind ness - add attention ibewn him, he dial l i terally broken-hearted! . ! ! • . A gentleman who usually spent the winter months in the capital of North Blitain, having gone with his family to pass the summer at his country Seat, left the care of his town residence, together with a fa vourite house-dog, to same servants who were on bOard-wageS. The dog soon found board-wages very .short allowance; and to make up the defi ciency, be had recourse to the kitchen of a' friend of his master's, which, in better days, be had occasion ally visited. By a hearty meal which he received there daily, he . was enabled to keep himself in good condition, till the. return of his master's family to town on the approach of winter. Though now restored to the enjoyment of plenty at home, and standing in no need °lforeign liberality, he did not forget the hospitable kitchen, where he had found a resource io his adversity. A few days after happening to saunter about the streets, he fed in with a duck, which, as he found in no private pond, he concluded to be no prNute pro perty. tie watched up the duck in his teeth, carried it -to the kitchen where he has - been so hospitably fed, laid it at the cook's feet, with many polite movements of his tail, and then ran off with inuc'a seeming complacency, at having given this testimony of his grateful sense of favours. Mr. Stuallie relates a curious anecdote of a dog (at the time belonging to a grocer in Ldinburgliy, who had for some time amused and astonished the people in that neighbourhood. A man IA ho %cut through the streets ringing a bell and selling penny pies, happened, one day, to treat this dog with a pye. The ; next time he heard the pyeman's bell, he ran to him with impetuosity, seized him by the coat, and would not suffer him to pass. The pyeman, who under stvod what the animal wanted, spewed him a penny, and pointed to his master, who stood at the,sireet- Aber, and saw what 'was going on. The dog imme, diately supplicated his master by many humble ges tures and looks. The master put a penny into the dog's mouth,which he instantly delivered to the pye matv.ind received bispye. The traffic between the pyeman and the grocer's 'dog was practised for months after, and continued when this anecdote was related in the year 180.5. His ExCellency the Loan LIEUTENANT held a Privy Council in tills city yesterday. We are igno rant of the motive which required so very unusual a transaction.—(Cork, Sept. LONDON : Printed by RICHARD HARRIS, Of No. 4, Martlett.court, Bow-street= At the SIJN-OFEICU, No. 1; Strand; *here dekivertirernort.c,..oi4prs . . Island of Ischia, luny 14, lase.- British fleautieuarters... ty a brig of war which sailed from hence on Siltult. I gaVe you an account of our . preceedings thus tar, and of nay cruize in the Alcestefrigate 'outlet the Bay of Naples on a secret:tilissidii.--Since .We'have been employed in landing 'end encamping the troops to retread. them' a little, preViOns to eolit-. mencing operations on the Continent of Italy. We are now in quiet possession of - these two beautiful islands, Ischia and Procida; the French priSoners ; are: all sept to Malta, with the exception in a french Colonel, who is under arrest at the Castle of for having ordered one of our, sailors , to he shot, who• accideutaiy tell tato his hands. Colonel Howe had the command of the immediate operations against the Castle of Ischia, which surrendered at discre tion ; the affair of Procida was singular ; about ClOO Swiss and Germans (considered , of :Mtirat's• chosen troops),who were thrown into the island the night previous to our attack-, inutiiiied, , and it was with great difficulty we could prevent their murder ing their Officers, who were all Frenchmen, in re turn for their ill usage towards them. Instead of marching out of the, garrison with the honours of war, they ture the French cockades out of their caps, threw away their arms, and with repeated huzzas declared for the King of England, volunteering at 'the same time to enter our service on the spot. These nieii had all been prisoners taken from the Austrian and forced into the French service.; the same spirit' . pervades most of their foreign corps; this was the regtmetit of Issennurg. As to the Neapolitans in the French sci vice, .of whom there are in the kingdom 01 Naples about 20,000 regular troops, theywould be Lappy at tee upportunnyot meeting theßritish troops' . to surrender to them without firing a shot. ThePtocla prat Ant which bas been issued by tile Court ofPaierino, arid guaranteed by us,otiering ageneral ainnesiy,will I hope, have a. gaud effect 'lathe Neapolitan States, and iodate the people to return to their duty and al leGi Murat has called from flume a corps of boot) men, to reinforce his army, which now amounts, in the neighbourhood of Naples, to 38,000 Men effective, nearly double our force, includingfthe Neaporitans under Prince Leopold, who, it is to be wished,. was, with all his -artily, back, • again at -Pa- - lertno, Murat's cantonments are as follow : ,Naples, Baia, and the .environs ; Capua, Averra, . Sifra, &c. About 1500 men are at Gaeta, and the saint number at Capri. When 1, wrote to you last, I mentioned the Castle ofScylla was invested by 4500 men, viz, eighteUm panics ;Jut Regiment, six ditto of loth, eight ditto Chasseurs Brittinnique, one ditto Artillery, and sortie Calabrians. The fire from our batteries had dis ruounted'the enemy's guns,, when • General..Parto neaux, with about 500 cavalry and 4000 infantry,' marched to.its relief, and obliged Colonel 'Smith to retreat and abandon his enterprize. This.' was the only unfortunate event that has hitherto attended• our operations, including the operations of, Colonel Smith's corps, the capture of three.companies of the 2141 Regiment, under Capt. Mackay in the.tOwn of not tar from Scyila. . Since this, attairs in Lower Calabria have changed in our favour; Partoneaux having, from - some motive unknown to us, after relieving Scylla, withdrawn the garrison, and blew into the air this renowned rock, together with its castle after whlch, leaving - behind hitiab pieces of brass field artillery,he retreated in the most, precipitate manner.. He has nut 'taken his route through Calabria to Monte Leone, and to wards Naples, but has crossed the lower Appeuines, and now directs his course towards Apulia arid Abruzzo, by which. we have repossessed ourselves of Calabria Ultra, as far as Monte Leone. Many.con- Jectures. have arisen as to the cause of this retreat. — We have every thing to hope on this side, particu larly as the Romans are in a state ot- revolt,. and I sincerely hope their country will be the scene of our operations. Genoa has shewn a disposition of the same nature, and it is well known that Tuscany and Piedmont only wait a favouranle opportunity to throw off the French yoke. The incompetency of our force to the obje&s in contemplation I lament sincerely. What can 12,000 men Lto in preserving Sicily, and attempting c•tiquest of the Kiuguom of Naples ? But with 24,000 effective troops at the present moment, I am cotivfneed we should deliver 'Naples, 'the Roman States, Tuscany, the Genoese Territory, and Pied mont, while the Austrians on tile not them side drove the French from the Veronese, Milanele, Lombardy, the March of Ancona, and the Venetian States.— So great is our want of cavalry, that we have ac tually been obliged to make a draught from the in fantry to forma small corps of cavalry to do the or • derly duty of the army,, and those joined to the del , tacliment of the. 20 Light Dragoons, do not amount .to 350 horsemen. This is very extraordinary, as Sicily and Italy are of all countries the most adapted for cavalry, and where infantry cannot well ad with out them. TO return to Partoneaux's retreat through Apulia :. there are in my opinion two motives, either of which might have induced him to take this route, his being `ordered to strengthen Beauharnois's corps d'arrntS2, in , case of • its being pressed by the Archduke John ; or his being afraid of being cut cif by out army, it he retreated by Lower Calabria. Ischia is a very tine island. I have been employ ed for two days in making a reconnoissance and mi- - litary report ,on it, and to-morrow go to Procida for the carne purpose. This island (Ischia) is one of the oldest volcanoes mentioned in history, and a great part of the country near the town of the same name is still covered with lava. Here are famous hot baths and mineral springs, which intersect the coun try in almost every direCtion ; the water in some of the baths is so hot that it will boil an egg in three minutes and forty seconds; this has been proved by several, and amongst the rest by your acquaintance, Captain --, of the 62d. -. The regiments land al te.rnately to refresh the men, those now on shore re embark to-morrow, and others land; the 62d will 'sand at Procida, and the 58th here. Besides villages, this isla►td contains three large towns-, the capital, Tatia, contains about 7,500 inhabitants. 1 41T4ACT 90 ANOTHER ,LETTER, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OP T.His UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR AT PALMI. A considerable body, under the command of Col. Smith, of the it7th regiment, composed of the toth PR /CI , : I.' NESTSP DIED. On Bunchy the loth inst. at Weymouth, Mts. M. Parks, lace of Dorchester, Dorset. wi l l ) l n ia : n Pu u es u d tt a s, y E a ( p ti a A tn utr e 4 n h t . s in Conduit-street, Esq, late of Lately, at Whitbeck, in Cumberland, David De Malpo4 Egerton, Esq. sevemn son of the late Egerton, Log: of Fierton and 0 uitun, us the Cout!ty of Cluster, and bro ther tit font; Lgerton, Esq. I\l.P: fur :he City of Chester. On the 3 or I at Pitil.,alelisina, in her icgth 'us-Annan Wtrden, formerly- wife of Virbil Warden, 011 house servants of the breat William Penn. STUCK .N" DA Y. [mita Stock, India Bomb gas, 21s. pr. lixchLq. 13111., SS. p r . Oninttlia, t pr. ImPerial 3 pa Cent. 67 : 1 1i k B.tilk tor Op.nit,g, 26SR j 2t Carl. for AccoLzot, k' :the Prisoner, in iler deence, t [it , that they were both indebted to - f*r for necessaries Which they had ordered, and •as They had drawn part of their monev, she was afraid they never wduld pay het. She then offered .to produce witnesses to her charatter, and that she hid not unposed any thing upon them for more than its ,clue; 'but' ' The Lvartled JUDGE observed, that the evidence did not prove it to have been a robbery, - as they tiii.d* promised to pay the Prisoner, and she never had de,. Med the surn'she received. They miklit have.prose cured for the aNsault in another place. The Jury immediately acquitted her. Hownes had also indicted her for robbing hitti, although he was boarding..-4 . ith het'at the lime, and she Was paying a .physican • fur attending him in his Shy was'acquirted oft.this india mem also, and the Cottri. repri: 2 nanded . the condUtt of thui.e who had advised the. prosecution,-an'd refused to grant the PtoSec:ntor3 "their expences. 'IIIIDDLESEK SESSIOAS. . . . . The Court was _oCcuiiied the whole of yesteiday, in hearing, and decidin,,the cases. :of a great. numher of persons ,committesl" . tinder the Vagrant. Att, Many of whom tieicg incorrigible, and old offenders, were • sent to prison for ditkrentm<riodi of time. The grand and..Pe.ty :juries were discharged by 'The 'Chairman, who, in: the name of the Court, thanked therd for their a:tention and conduit during this• laboi ions Sessions, _longest ever known. at Clerkenweli. „The Court was then adjourned to Monday, the 30th of Odober next, for Ttacerse Trwls. emaparEs .OF C4A !Ng. SAGACITY, MED / ITEIthjiNEJA PLEET. Bank Stack, shut av y i per Cety. 99 Irish g per Cent. siatt 4 per Lent. shut 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per, Cent,. Cons. 68 4- !lank L. Ann, shut lPtblished by WILLIAM ARMIGER SCRIPPS, South Molton..street,‘d oc,ven6 rquare. i the Paper Ldtter; the Editor, bie, unit-pm), mast bit addressed. . and 21st girnenia Of foot, the Chasseurs Beim* 'piques, and 200 Calalitian Rangers, were destined to besiege Scylla and attack lleggto. They were land ed froth Sicily tin the 14th iinte; when they oecil. pied a Prench 'catiip above Scyl:a, which had been abandoned but the alabriglits, true to their ohl 'charaoer- : for rapacity and deception, went off in parties, pillaging the 'country round. In copse- Auence, A party was 'required for the protection of for which service one hundred and filty of the 21st regiment, under the command of Captain a, M'Kay, was sent there on the 14th. At Paltni, the superior Class of natives were all attached to t,4 French, - but had art enough to persuade our people to - the contrary ; .and in that pretended Zeal to sup- port us, gave every species of accommodation to the officers and men'.' They brought straw to the Int. ! racks for their beds; not only, gave them t.itlicielicY for that purpose, but also lodged a coosiderable goan, 7 City of that article, by way of store, itt a large r0c,04, underneath. The officers were entertained in the best style. After this, they, it is suppos,..d, sent in formation of every diSposition and post occupied 1.4. the list regiment, to the French, who were at ,S:i colorica, ten miles distant. On the morning of the t!Oth; about two o'clock, Captain M‘Kay having gone his rounds and found all quiet, was returning to the town, but Was pre. vented, the French being already before him; be; however, succeeded in getting to the barracks,whero he found. Captain Hunter closely engaged with such meta as could be got out— , •for some accounts say, it was some way contrived to secure the barr ac k d oors, so that the men could not get out, and were obliged to fire from the windows. I have said Captain Hunter was engaged when Captain M'Kay came up, at which time he had received a ball in his breast,. but continued in the strenuous vxeCutian cat his duty till he was cut down by a sabre.—Captain Nl‘Kay was 'also very badly wounded in the head at this time, and tell, when the men retired to the bar. racks' and defended themselves for hours; until th, i. friends, the Calabrians, getting in, set tire to dm . surplus straw deposited under the b arracks, when. they were obliged to sorrender.—Captaitts M.K3T and Conran, Lieutenants M'Nad and A. MiK3y, prisoners. Friday sennight, Kibblev, bite's Bromley coach -was overturned at South'End, on its way to town,. in consequence of being very heavily laden, there' being no less than thirty passengers, twelve inside,- andeightten out. We are happy to say no lives were lost. Mr. Leach, a grocer, of the London-road, re— ceived such severe bruises, that he was confined till. last Monday. His brother was also much bruised. The Richmond: long coach was overturned oil Tuesday nighr,'in passing through WaMaui Geer). it was lull of company, many of Whom are seriously htirt.: Otte Lady had her thigh dreadfully . bruised, and Part of the flesh torn off. - Her daughter's arm. was much hurt, and it is feared is broken another Lady was bruised in the hip, and a Gentleman had his head Cut; another was,cut in the hand. The. house into which all the injured persons were carried . had the appearance of an hospital. No blame cart be imputed to the driver. The accident tva,> °eta , . sinned by the state of the road. The workmen had been digging a drain across it, and ' when they lett • off work in the evening, they filled it with loose 814. Lsoft stuff level with the road. The wheels souk lii • ti) it; and the coach was thus overturned. ANECDOTE OF THE LATE EARL OF CHESTERFIFLD., A high! post being once v'acatit under Gao. H. 4onAt of his courtiers ventured to recotuinend to his, Ma-. jesty a certain' Nobleman, not knowing that the, Ring had predisposed of the place in favour of am other Gentleman; and . his Majesty setting them so anxious to serve their friend, contrarx to his 1 4-i,..ate intentions, went to the window, threw tip the sash.. in a pet, and turning his back upon them, said, ; 1 " You may put in the devil, it you please." —d Whereupon his Lordship, who was to, fill up the Commission, going up to the King, said very grave.. ly, " Sir, if I put in the devil, shall I address him in the usual form of To our well beloved &wain and!, _faithful Counsellor?" This diverting question threw his Majesty into a violent fit of laughter, and entirely I dispelled his resentment._' oa IJ CRAviStND, SEPTtbIBILR 26 Arrived—the Dulwich, Taylor, from Caiiz ; Risk, u Brown, from St. Übe's; Albion, Whait, tr o t Gibraltar ; and the.Leonida3, Hutchinson, horn Montreil. Sailed—the Mary, Basdcn, for Bermuda; Latona, Grath. for Hayti; and the Hoppet, Snout. for Gottenbuigh. THS On the lith of August, at Cranstown-House ° Sr. Kitt's, West ladies, the Lady of the !tight Hon. Lord Cransiown„ of a Sonand Heir. _ _ Stiixlay last, at his house, Alfred-place, Bedford square, the Lady of Duncan Campbell, Esq. of a Sun. On Monday last, the Lady of George Esq. of Chipstesd-place, in Kent, of a Son. tin Tuesday last, Mrs. Heil, of St. Helen's-place, 1314 shopsgate, ola Daughter. Yesterday morning", in Howland -street, the Lady of Charles H. Hall, Esq. of a Son. • The same day, at Croom's Hill, Greenwich, Mrs. Isacke,.. of a Daughter. • At I.liistol, Mrs. Deasy, wife of Timothy Deasy, Lag. of a 'Son. MARRIAD. On Saturday the 6th or May last at Madras, Robert ander, Esq. second Member or the Board of Revenue, to, Miss ' G race Blacker, third daughter of the Rev. Dr. Blacker,- of Wells, in Somerseishire. On Thursday last, Mr. .Dobree; of the British Brewery,: Laxey, Isle ot Man, to Miss Pinchen, ot Lambeth. On Tite'sday, at Eltham, the Rev. 1. Sch,letield, Redo: of Barton, on the„Heath, Warwickshire, and late t'ellovr Trinity College, Oxford, to Margaret, youngest daughter ot 1-idlines, Esq. or El; haul.